flowers we examined, simple or branched subulate filaments, 
which from their position may be considered abortive stamens. 
Duscr. A moderate-sized shrub, with very coriaceous, eyer- 
green, oblong deaves, gradually acuminated at the pot and then 
ending in a mucro, the base cordate, footstalk very short, gla- 
brous on both sides, minutely reticulated beneath. Raceme 
solitary, from the upper axils of the leaves, much longer than 
they, nearly erect, very handsome. Rachis and pédicels red, 
indistinctly rugulose (under a glass) with very minute acicular 
bracteoles. Calyz red, deeply five-cleft. Corolla bright scarlet, 
between ovate and urceolate, very thick and fleshy : Zimb mode- 
rately large, of five, acute, spreading lobes. Stamens ten. Fila- 
ments flexuose, subulate, hairy. Anthers gibbous at the base, 
biporous. Ovary globose, five-lobed, on a five-lobed disk. Style 
jointed on the ovary, incrassated upwards. W.J. H. 
Curr. The genus Lewcothée contains above thirty described 
species : four of them are found in Madagascar and Bourbon, 
the remainder are natives of the American continent, extending 
from South Brazil to the ‘southern states of North America. 
Those from the latter country have been known in our gardens 
under the names of Andromeda axillaris, coriacea, &c., and are 
sufficiently hardy to bear the severity of our ordinary winters ; 
but the more southern species, although natives of elevated 
regions, are not hardy enough for this climate without protection. 
The species figured is one of the latter class, and should be 
treated as a greenhouse plant. It thrives in light peat-soil well 
drained. It should be placed in a cool shady house or pit, espe- 
cially in summer, for, like the generality of Ericaceous plants 
from elevated regions, it is apt to suffer by full exposure to the 
sun of this climate. J. 9 ‘ 
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Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil with abortive stamens ?—magnified. | 
